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Views of nature: or, Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation; (1884)

Author: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859; Otté, E. C. (Elise C.); Bohn, Henry George, 1796-1884
Subject: Science; Physical geography; Plant morphology; South America -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, G. Bell
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: nrlf_ucb:GLAD-234862
Digitizing sponsor: msn
Book contributor: University of California Libraries
Collection: cdl; americana

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Steppes and deserts.--Cataracts of the Orinoco.--Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest.--Ideas for a physiognomy of plants.--On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the earth.--Vital force, or The Rhodian genius.--The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes

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